Technology Director Jobs in England

Director of Technology
UK > England

The median Director of Technology salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 796 882
Rank change year-on-year +130 +86 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 13 54 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.060% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.064% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 8 31 15
10th Percentile £91,250 £65,000 £94,000
25th Percentile £98,750 £67,387 £100,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% +29.73%
75th Percentile £101,250 £133,125 £135,000
90th Percentile £117,000 £170,000 £149,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £90,000 £117,800
% change year-on-year +11.11% -23.60% +27.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technology Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in England

Technology Director
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technology Director in England.

Salary trend for Technology Director in England

Technology Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in England

Technology Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Director within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +56 5 £100,000 +44.44% 3
West Midlands +48 5 £100,000 +44.44% 1
South East +73 4 £100,000 -31.62% 5
London +90 2 £140,000 +27.27% 28
Technology Director
UK

Technology Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Technology Director job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Technology Director in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) GDPR
2 6 (46.15%) Cost Control
2 6 (46.15%) Service Delivery
3 5 (38.46%) Law
3 5 (38.46%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (30.77%) Information Governance
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
4 4 (30.77%) Data Security
4 4 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (15.38%) IT Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (15.38%) Tech Ops
6 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Technology Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Advertising
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Cost Control
2 6 (46.15%) Service Delivery
3 5 (38.46%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 4 (30.77%) Data Security
4 4 (30.77%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (30.77%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
4 4 (30.77%) Information Governance
4 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Business Development
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) GDPR
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Aderant
1 1 (7.69%) Citrix
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft